Golden Legend — (Aurea Legenda) by Jacobus de Voragine (ca. 1265) Jacobus (or James) de Voragine composed the Golden Legend as a collection of writings centered on the lives of the saints and their celebrations (see SAINTS’ LIVES). The text is composed… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature

Golden Legend — The Golden Legend ( la. Legenda Aurea) by Jacopo da Varagine is a collection of fanciful hagiographies or lives of the saints, that became a late medieval bestseller. It was probably compiled around the year 1260. A medieval best sellerInitially… … Wikipedia

GOLDEN LEGEND — a collection of lives of saints and other tales, such as that of the Seven Sleepers and St. George and the Dragon, made in the 13th century by Jacques de Voragine, a Dominican monk, to the glory especially of his brotherhood … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

Golden legend by Jacobus da Voragine — (Legenda Aurea) Jacobus da Voragine s Golden Legend is a collection he compiled in c. 1260 of legends of the saints worshiped during the Middle Ages. Its importance lies in the fact that it provides a glimpse of popular medieval religious… … Dictionary of Renaissance art

The Golden Legend (cantata) — The Golden Legend is a cantata by Arthur Sullivan with libretto by Joseph Bennett, who suggested the topic, based on the 1851 poem of the same name by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. At least 17 performances of the cantata were given in Britain… … Wikipedia